Barbed wire



1,468,218 A. w. STOREY BARBED WIRE Sept. 18 1923.

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A. W. STOREY BARBED WIRE Filed Sept. 22 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 g: m I INVENTOR F g f aMmwwiw Patented Sept. 18, 1923.

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- Application filed September 22,1921.

Be it known that 1, ANDREW WILLIAM seeker, aBl'ltlSll subject, residing at Newten Heath; Manchester, Lancashire, England, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Barbed lV-ire; of which the following is a specification; This nvention relates to barbed wire for use as fencing or-forother purposes.

wiretwo longitudinal wires are twisted to gether and at desired intervals other $1101 1;

w-lre's' ar'efintertwiste'd with the longitudinal w-i1 es', .the ends of these being left sharp or pointed with the object of preventing theeebsi e im ed By such a method of construct1onto galvanize it after being made wouldbe so costly as to make it-unsaleable owing to the amount of spelter itwould" pickup or absorb in drawing through the'galvanizing bath, the general practice is therefore to manufacture it of wiped galvanized wire.

The ends of the points or barbs are left without being coated with non-ferrous metal and rust sets-up immediately. Close examination will show ing of spelter or galvanizing on the wire has been cracked and easily peels off leaving the after being made and consuming only a minimum amount of non-ferrous metal in its process through'the galvanizing or tinning bath, there being no twists or turns to absorb more spelter than is necessary to ef fect an even coating, and comprises two or more longitudinal wires preferably straight some distance apart with short pointed wires preferably diagonally disposed joined thereto in one homogeneous mass by electric welding or other known method.

The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of short length of new construction of barbed wire.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of same. Fig. 3 is a plan. r Fig. 4 is a transverse section showing a modification. I

In the'ordinary or known-form r barbed thereto in 'erably disposed in pairs crossing one an'-' that in twisting the, barbs round the longitudinal wires the coat-' forms a. trellis pattern strength being considerably in excess Serial No; s'ozgsss; 1

wiresjB with"pointed ends are placed across the longitudinal wires A and are secured point of crossing 'by'" welding electrically" or byany f'other known 'meth'o d, the length of the wires 'Bfbe'ing jsuch th'at theends "pro" jec't a-b'ove'anclbel w-thewires-A. I Theshort pointed wires B: are' preferably straight and laid across the longitudinal wires'A ina diagonal position, though they may be placed at right angles or at any other desired angle thereto. They are pref-' other one on either side of the wires A, as 111 F igs. 1, 2 and 3, though they may be placed singly at suitable intervals pointingi. in either the same or different directions, as

in Figs, 5 to 8, and all on the same side of the longitudinal wires A as in F ig. st.

The disposition of the wires described of considerable thelife of the completed article of that of the ordinary barbedwire fencing.

The wires A and B maybe of any suitable I cross section'such as round, oval, half round, or flat, but at present the oval is preferred. Galvanized, tinned, ,coppere'd, lead or other similar protected wires may be used. 7

In cases where the article is manufactured from plain or non-protected wire, it maybe passed or drawn through a'bath' of molten metal such as spelter, tin'or lead, or through 9 7 an enamel or other similar material by which it is covered with a fine coat.

I The barbs or pointed wires A being placed only in an upright position, the fence when erected will not be liable to persons coming in contact tempt to climb over.

The trellismay be twisted one or more times between the posts or standards to unless they "an which it is attached, so as to make it in- 1.10" r sea Figs. 5, e, and? and S iar-e academia-i1:

to. Fig. l'o isa side elevation showing the apone homogeneous mass at} the injure cattle, or 1 'tion with any other form. of fencing.

valuable for military purposes, as shown in Fig. 14. v

The barbed capable of being rolled up neatly in little space which is valuable for shipping purposes and' is less likely to injure any one handling the rollthan barbed wire of the ordinary type. 1

The aforesaid advantages make it a greatly improved article of manufacture;

The fencing may be made in any number of sets or pairs secured or braced together by transverse Wires welded to one another electrically or by other known method.

- The barbed wire article so formed may be used as fencing wires alone orin conjunc- Or it may be built up or combined with a wire fencing comprised of longitudinal Wires a and upright wires 7) and may be affixed along the top of such fencing or at any intermediate position, the whole being formed into a continuous fencing as illustrated by way of example in Fig. 15. d d

What I claim as my invention anddesire to protect by Letters Patent is 2- 1. A barbed wire for fence construction comprising a plurality of parallellongitudinal straight wires provided with a plurality of short straight pointed barbed wires disstructure as illustrated is;

posed across at an angle thereto and attached thereto at all points of intersection.

2 A barbed wire for fence construction comprising a plurality of parallel longitudinal straight wires provided with diagonally disposed straight barbs and attached thereto. at all points of intersection.

3. A' barbed wire for fence construction comprising a plurality of parallel longitudinal straight wires provided with pairs of diagonally disposed barbs one of each pair In testimony whereof I'have hereunto set' my hand in presence of twosubscribing .wit

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I. OWDEN OBRIEN, H. BARNFATHER.

von either side of-said longitudinal wires and ANDREW WILLIAM s'roenrj y 

